I am so excited to share this Basic Green Smoothie Recipe with you! I mentioned several days ago on facebook that I learned how to make green smoothies at a class. It was awesome! I am so excited to share with you the basic green smoothie recipe from the class. I have been enjoying a green smoothie every morning since the class. Each smoothie has approximately 200 or less calories and is PACKED full of fruits, vegetables, minerals and nutrients. I am so excited.
I can tell you my energy level is amazing. One tip that I learned is to use lemon essential oil or lemon rind (but in my opinion the lemon essential oil works better) to take the "bite" out of the greens. I also learned that by adding ½ cup or so berries you will turn your smoothie to a beautiful shade of pink and it tastes just a little better 😉 A great tip is to freeze your own fruit when it is a stockpile price. I hope you enjoy! You can even freeze green smoothies.
I love to freeze ingredients for my green smoothies! It saves me time and money!
Update: Check out this post on How To Make Green Smoothies
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- Large Handful Spinach
- 1 Apple
- 1 Banana
- ½ cup frozen fruit
- 1 -2 drops of lemon essential oil or 1 tsp. lemon rind
- 1 carrot chopped
- 1 celery stalk chopped
- You can add Stevia if you need it sweeter.
Instructions
- Add 3 cups of water to blender
- Add 1 large handful of spinach
- Blend greens - add more greens if desired
- Add Apple (peel included - however no core) - chop into smaller pieces if you are using a blender versus a blendtec or vitamix
- Blend
- I added 1 carrot and 1 stalk of celery (chopped if you don't have a blendtec or vitamix)
- Add banana (can be frozen)
- Add ½ cup frozen fruit
- Add 1-2 drops of lemon essential oil or some freshly ground lemon peel
- Blend
- This recipe makes two smoothies. Enjoy one for breakfast and the other for an afternoon snack.
And here is the green smoothie with the berries added....
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Melissa is a football and soccer mom who has been married to her best friend for 24 years. She loves sharing recipes, travel reviews and tips that focus on helping busy families make memories.
Sandy
Melissa, have you tried "ice dream"? Here's one of my favorite recipes:
1/4 c pomgranite juice (or any similar liquid)
1 frozen banana
about 1 cup crushed ice
Liquify in a VitaMix
Decrease the speed and add
a handful of unsalted almonds
few pieces of semi sweet chocolate bits
No, but I will 🙂